Charge separation by photoexcitation in semicrystalline polymeric semiconductors: An intrinsic or extrinsic mechanism?

We probe charge photogeneration and subsequent recombination dynamics in neat regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) films over six decades in time by means of time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy. Exciton dissociation at 10K occurs extrinsically at interfaces between molecularly ordered and disordered domains. Polaron pairs thus produced recombine by tunnelling with distributed rates governed by the distribution of electron-hole radii. Quantum-chemical calculations suggest that hot-exciton dissociation at such interfaces results from a high charge-transfer character.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure

Superconductivity in LaFeAs1−x_{1-x}Px_{x}O: effect of chemical pressures and bond covalency

We report the realization of superconductivity by an isovalent doping with phosphorus in LaFeAsO. X-ray diffraction shows that, with the partial substitution of P for As, the Fe$_2$As$_2$ layers are squeezed while the La$_2$O$_2$ layers are stretched along the c-axis. Electrical resistance and magnetization measurements show emergence of bulk superconductivity at $\sim$10 K for the optimally-doped LaFeAs$_{1-x}$P$_{x}$O ($x=0.25\sim0.3$). The upper critical fields at zero temperature is estimated to be 27 T, much higher than that of the LaFePO superconductor. The occurrence of superconductivity is discussed in terms of chemical pressures and bond covalency.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures, more data presente

Thorium-doping induced superconductivity up to 56 K in Gd1-xThxFeAsO

Following the discovery of superconductivity in an iron-based arsenide LaO1-xFxFeAs with a superconducting transition temperature (Tc) of 26 K[1], Tc was pushed up surprisingly to above 40 K by either applying pressure[2] or replacing La with Sm[3], Ce[4], Nd[5] and Pr[6]. The maximum Tc has climbed to 55 K, observed in SmO1-xFxFeAs[7, 8] and SmFeAsO1-x[9]. The value of Tc was found to increase with decreasing lattice parameters in LnFeAsO1-xFx (Ln stands for the lanthanide elements) at an apparently optimal doping level. However, the F- doping in GdFeAsO is particularly difficult[10,11] due to the lattice mismatch between the Gd2O2 layers and Fe2As2 layers. Here we report observation of superconductivity with Tc as high as 56 K by the Th4+ substitution for Gd3+ in GdFeAsO. The incorporation of relatively large Th4+ ions relaxes the lattice mismatch, hence induces the high temperature superconductivity.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure

A New Iterative Regularization Method for Solving the Dynamic Load Identification Problem

In this paper, a new iterative regularization method (ITR) is presented to solve the reconstruction of multi-source dynamic loads acting on the structure of simple supported plate. Based on a quadratical convergence method, this method is used to compute the the approximate inverse of square matrix. The theoretical proofs and numerical test show that the proposed method is very effective. Finally, the present method is applied to the identification of the multi-source dynamic loads on a surface of simply supported plate. Numerical simulations of two examples demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the present method

Finite- and Large- Sample Inference for Model and Coefficients in High-dimensional Linear Regression with Repro Samples

In this paper, we present a new and effective simulation-based approach to conduct both finite- and large-sample inference for high-dimensional linear regression models. This approach is developed under the so-called repro samples framework, in which we conduct statistical inference by creating and studying the behavior of artificial samples that are obtained by mimicking the sampling mechanism of the data. We obtain confidence sets for (a) the true model corresponding to the nonzero coefficients, (b) a single or any collection of regression coefficients, and (c) both the model and regression coefficients jointly. We also extend our approaches to drawing inferences on functions of the regression coefficients. The proposed approach fills in two major gaps in the high-dimensional regression literature: (1) lack of effective approaches to address model selection uncertainty and provide valid inference for the underlying true model; (2) lack of effective inference approaches that guarantee finite-sample performances. We provide both finite-sample and asymptotic results to theoretically guarantee the performances of the proposed methods. In addition, our numerical results demonstrate that the proposed methods are valid and achieve better coverage with smaller confidence sets than the existing state-of-art approaches, such as debiasing and bootstrap approaches

Seasonal Applicability of Refrigerant Release Technology in Room Air Conditioner

The room air conditioner is widely used in residential and office buildings for both cooling and heating. However, the operation condition of the room air conditioner changes largely due to the variations of the cooling/heating load of the room, the indoor temperature and the outdoor one, which always decreases the efficiency of the compressor and eventually the seasonal energy efficiency of the air conditioner. The refrigerant release technology relieves even eliminates the over-compression loss of scroll compressor by bypassing the refrigerant in the compression chamber to the suction pipe under small system pressure ratio conditions, By using it, the efficiency of the air conditioner can be increased. The effect of refrigerant-releasing on the annual energy performance of the room air conditioner is analyzed and the applicability is evaluated in this paper. The typical residential and office building models are built in a building load simulation software, DeST. The annual cooling and heating loads of these buildings located in different climate zones are calculated. The numerical models of the fixed speed and inverter room air conditioners with and without refrigerant-releasing function are built and verified. For the air conditioner with refrigerant-releasing, a control strategy to activate the refrigerant release is determined to keep the efficiency as well as satisfy the indoor load. Based on the calculated cooling/heating load and the models of the air conditioners, the energy consumptions of all four kinds of air conditioner during each hour can be calculated. Finally, the performance of variable and fixed speed air conditioner with and without refrigerant release in the cooling period and heating period is obtained and the contribution of refrigerant-releasing is evaluated. The results show that the variable speed air conditioner with refrigerant-releasing saves 24.2~25.5% and 18.9~25.3% energy compared to the one without refrigerant release for the office and residential buildings, respectively. For the fixed speed air conditioner, the refrigerant-releasing technology decreases 20.2~23.0% and 17.1~23.6% energy consumption for residential and office building, respectively. Variable speed air conditioner with refrigerant release saves more energy than fixed speed one. The refrigerant-releasing technology has good applicability for the room air conditioner and should be considered as an effective method to enhance the seasonal performance for it